“Tears Of A Newt” : Trump Picks Pence As His Running Mate
If Newt Gingrich falls to his knees weeping in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? According to multiple reports, Donald Trump will be…
If Republicans Don’t Represent Him, Then Why Is He A Republican?
Video: Ali Gharib of the Guardian explains why Trump is an avatar of American fascism. According to the New York Times, GOP elites are finally panicking over the triumphant rise of Trumpism and…
Max Pappas Taking Koch Values To The White House With Ted Cruz
As the vice president for public policy and government affairs at FreedomWorks, Max Pappas was one of the most important people working in the ‘Kochtopus’ during the early, hype-filled days of Tea…
The Breitbartian Candidate
I won’t say that I saw him coming, but in a media-industrial complex gripped by inane Bothsidesism, where merely questioning the fake statistics and stupid ideas vomited by conservative mouths is still considered a crime…
Ted Cruz Says Felons Are Democrats But Pals Around With A Felon
Your eyes do not deceive you. Not only is Sen. Ted Cruz holding a Corona beer in his hand to toast deceased right wing press agent Andrew Breitbart, but the…
Ben Carson’s Foreign Policy ‘Dream Team’ Is A Nightmare
It should not have been a surprise that GOP presidential frontrunner Ben Carson lacks a firm grasp of the complex situation in the Middle East. He’s a brain surgeon, after all,…
‘Spies Like Us:’ Koch Brothers Political Espionage Agency Exposed
At POLITICO, Kenneth Vogel discloses the existence of a secretive “competitive intelligence” operation within the Koch brothers’ political network created to spy on their political enemies. The competitive intelligence team has…
AL GOP Inserts Transvaginal Probe Bill To Save Non-Syrian Fetuses
Tweeting that “The safety and security of Alabamians will always be my top priority” in response to C-list musician Bo Bice, Republican Governor Robert Bentley has become one of at least…
The Great Disappointment: Ben Carson Fandom Rejects West Point Story
As the token brain surgeon of the GOP presidential nominating field, Ben Carson has risen to frontrunner status largely on his outsider appeal and personal biography, having developed a very…
Is Ben Carson Just Profiteering In Conservative Politics?
Token brain surgeon Ben Carson is the current front-runner in the GOP nomination race, but Jonathan Chait wonders if his campaign isn’t just an elaborate self-promotion. Carson is doing a lot…